Detection of Covid-19 in Children in Early January 2020 in Wuhan, China

A retrospective analysis of routine surveillance data involving children hospitalized in central Wuhan, China, for acute lower respiratory infection in early January 2020 revealed six cases of Covid-19. The authors report clinical characteristics of the children and laboratory data.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 382; no. 14; pp. 1370 - 1371
Main Authors Liu, Weiyong, Zhang, Qi, Chen, Junbo, Xiang, Rong, Song, Huijuan, Shu, Sainan, Chen, Ling, Liang, Lu, Zhou, Jiaxin, You, Lei, Wu, Peng, Zhang, Bo, Lu, Yanjun, Xia, Liming, Huang, Lu, Yang, Yang, Liu, Fang, Semple, Malcolm G, Cowling, Benjamin J, Lan, Ke, Sun, Ziyong, Yu, Hongjie, Liu, Yingle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 02.04.2020
Subjects
Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use
Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
China
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
Epidemics
Families & family life
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Illnesses
Infant
Influenza
Lung - diagnostic imaging
Lung - pathology
Male
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
Pandemics
Patients
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
China
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Summary:A retrospective analysis of routine surveillance data involving children hospitalized in central Wuhan, China, for acute lower respiratory infection in early January 2020 revealed six cases of Covid-19. The authors report clinical characteristics of the children and laboratory data.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2003717